Vehicle bumper



Feb. 16 1926. v 1,573,642

7 G. A. LOVETT VEHICLE BUMPER Filed August a, 1924 INVENTOR PatentedFeb. 16, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. LOVETT, OF DETROIT, IVIICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR- TO GENERAL MOTORSCOR-- PORA' IION, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORBORATON OF DELAVTARE.

" VEHICLE BUMPER.

Application filed August a, 1924'. Serial No. 730,861.

To all whom may concern.

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. LOVETT, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Detroit, county of \Vayne, and State of l\:'lichigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle Bumpers, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description,such as will.

enable others skilled. in the art to which the invention relates to makeand use the same, reference being made therein to the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invent-ion relates to vehicle bumpers,

the abuttingends of the bars, and also has a portion projecting betweenthe 7 bars to space theinapartf The bumper-attaching brackets also serveto secure the bars together near the ends of the bumper.

T he above and other objects of the invenlilon, together with onedesirable arrangement of the bumper parts, will be apparent from thefollowing description of the em bodiment shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Figure l is a top plan view of a bumper;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of bumper; and v Figure 3 is a centralvertical section through the bumper, on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

I The bumper is made up of two verticallyspaced parallel flat/springbars 10 and 12,

arranged to-extend entirely across the front or rear of an automobile.The ends 1.4 and 16 of each bar are carried around rearward the 'lyuntil they abut against each other, in engagement with therear center ofthe bar. At the center of the bumper is a clamp, the front member 18 ofwhich engages the front faces of. the bars. .Member 18 has a lug 2Oprojecting between the'bars to space them verticallyapart, and upper andlower lingers 22engaging the top of bar 10 and the bottom of bar 12. Therear member of the clainpis a plate 24 held by screws 26threaded intolug '20. The attaching brackets 28 and 30 also serve to clamp the barstogether near the ends of the bumper.

It is not my intention to limit the scope of the invention to theexactconstruction shown, or otherwise than appended claims.

I claim: I V V 1'. A vehicle bumper comprising, in comby the terms ofthe bination, two parallel vertically-spaced flat barsof identical form,each extending entirely across the end of the vehicle and looped. aroundat both its ends with the ends abutting against each other andrestingagainst the back of the center ofthe bar to form substantially apair of integral full-elliptic springs, a clamp engaging from the rearthe'abutting ends of the upper ai1d' 75 lower bars and engaging from thefront the centers of the bars and'which has a portion spacingthe upperand lower barsapart, and.

brackets for connecting the bumper to a" vehicle frame and which clampthe upper and lower bars together near the ends of the bumper.

the vehicle to bringthese ends into abutting engagement, the abuttingends also lying againstthe rear face of the front bumper bar, meansholding the ends of the. bar in the said position and means to supportthe bumper on a vehicle. g

In testimony wliereofl afii); my signature.

GEORGE aqrovnrr.

